Forest Laboratories Inc, which is facing patent expirations on several of its biggest drugs, on Monday said it plans to buy rights to a new schizophrenia treatment from Merck & Co and cut annual operating costs by $500 million in fiscal 2016.
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NCR to purchase Digital Insight Corp for $1.65B
NCR Corporation announced that it had agreed to purchase Digital Insight Corporation for $1.65 billion, and that it had completed the acquisition of Alaric Systems Limited, for approximately $84 million.
'Cyber Monday' sales set to hit record: analysts
U.S. online sales are expected to hit $2 billion on "Cyber Monday," for the first time since the data firm comScore has been tracking such information.
U.S. Chamber seeks changes to financial risk council
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday called for changes to the U.S. financial risk council that could slow the process by which it designates large financial firms as "systemic," subjecting them to tougher supervision.
BlackBerry is "here to stay" - interim CEO
BlackBerry Ltd is "very much alive, thank you," Interim Chief Executive John Chen affirmed in an open letter on Monday in which the smartphone maker committed itself to rebuilding as a niche player concentrating on the enterprise market.
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Wipro Ltd announced today in a statement that it is set to acquire Opus Capital Markets Consultants LLC, a US-based mortgage services provider in order to expand its offerings to its financial services clients.
Dow Chemical revealed its plans today to divest its USD5 billion worth of assets, which was way more than the range chief executive Andrew Liveris initially declared in October.
Akamai Technologies Inc said it will spend about $370 million to acquire Prolexic Technologies Inc, a pioneer in fighting distributed denial of service attacks, cyberthreats that cripple networks by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
An article on Forbes detailed how e-commerce giant Amazon manages to dominate the market despite embarking on new ventures like its plans for 30-minute delivery services via aerial drone as revealed on the eve of Cyber Monday.
After more than two years since it filed for bankruptcy due to lack of cash and halting production, Swedish car automaker Saab AB via its parent company National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEV) AB started making cars today.
Apple Insider points out how the tech giant fared less than expected in light of analysts' predictions last year that it would hit a thousand per share.
Stem Inc. today announced the closing of a $15 million Series B financing round. Iberdrola, GE Ventures joined Series A investor Angeleno Group in committing financing for the round.
TransDigm Group Incorporated and Metalmark Capital announced today that TransDigm has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airborne Systems Inc., for approximately $250 million in cash. Airborne Systems is owned by MetalmarkCapital.
U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Monday in the wake of eight straight weeks of gains after mixed data on China and the euro zone and ahead of U.S. economic reports which could provide some clues on the strength of the recovery.
